The Appalachia Cancer Network: Cancer Control Research among a Rural, Medically Underserved Population

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 181-187

  Lengerich, Eugene J ^a,g   Wyatt, Stephen W ^b   Rubio, Angel ^b   Beaulieu, Joyce E ^c   Coyne, Cathy A ^d   Fleisher, Linda ^e   Ward, Ann J ^f   Brown, Pamela K ^d  

^a PENN STATE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

APPALACHIAN REGION; CLINICAL TRIALS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 1642276092     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2004.tb00026.x     Document Type: Article

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